What's your favorite bass to play?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:21 pm

Todd ... when I saw you guys perform the ship album in Woodstock Illinois back about 73 it was a really enjoyable concert ...

Tylendal · Post by **Tylendal** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:21 am

Man, That 72 AZG 4001 looks so sweet! I am searching high and low for a LH 4001 AZG with checked binding, you right handers get all the good basses

Right now my favorite bass is my 80 LH AZG 4001, although i'm having trouble finding a good compressor for it, so far i've got a Boss CS-3, and it's ok, but it's not quite what i'm looking for

I'm also excited for the 2006 LH MID 4003 I ordered last year, i wonder if it will take the 4001's place, i'm hoping that it can take heavier gauge strings than my 4001, i miss the tone that heavier strings give

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:02 am

Yes, I like to give equal attention to all of my basses (18 total), but if it comes to the absolute favorite, it is my 82 4001 JG (third from the left)

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:05 pm

that is a lot of pickup covers!

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:03 pm

Yeah, I like them just the way the original designer intended them to be.

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:04 am

This has been my #1 since 1995...

The rest of my menagerie are at http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/pages/kerbcrawlers/basses.htm

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:07 am

As to my Ric's, it's still the 'blue bleed'.

walker · Post by **walker** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:37 pm

Todd - fascinating read on that 'Frankenstein' bass. I dig the DIY aspect. Great sounding tunes, too, and the vocals sound fine to me.

Devin - have you tried a tube head or pre-amp as a means of compressing your signal? I find that the tubes are far superior to any compressor/limiter I've ever used.

My fave basses to play -

the 1968 4001 MG has the warmest tone and nicest feeling neck of all my basses:

the 1979 4001V63 JG which I have tuned B-E-A-D, and have pickups wired for phase in/out, series/parallel, and low-cut cap in/out. By far the most versatile of my basses, and the pickups are the loudest, too, which makes for some sweet distortion.

However, I still play my own 'Frankenstein' bass the most for gigging and rehearsing. It has a 1968 toaster in front and a pre-WWII horseshoe pickup at the bridge. The tone caps have been bypassed so I don't turn the treble down when I inadvertently hit the pots with my arm. (Stylin' ain't easy, kids.)

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:08 pm

I'm actually more of a guitar player, but my Fender Mustang Bass gets more play than anything else. It took me a while to get used to the short scale, but I just love everything about it. That is, until I get enough scratch for a Ric.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:29 pm

My favorite bass to play right now is a heavily modified 4004TR that I call a 4004V63. The unbuttoned high gains sound really good in this bass....ya, my photography sucks but you get the idea.

walker · Post by **walker** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:39 pm

Cool, Dane. Looking forward to seeing close-ups of that one.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:45 pm

It sports your bridge pickup surround. The pickguard is a tracing I made from the one I made for your RM1999 before I sent it off to you.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:09 am

Cool concept, Dane!

Currently my favorite is my 'new' 4001:

walker · Post by **walker** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:49 am

Cool, Dane! Good to see that project finished.

Jeff - as others have said, SWEET bird's eye maple on that bass!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:29 pm

The back is just as nice as the front, it just has a few extra "bird's eyes" added to it!

But those will get taken care of some day.